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I had been discouraging the wide use of x-rays because we had difficulty obtaining Polaroid film. Polaroid only made about 3,000 sheets of film a year. We had used 10,000 sheets and were having trouble obtaining film.… There was no way to see that bug without x-rays.
(S) GUNMAN also had some positive effects on NSA. As an engineer in the research and development organization during the time of GUNMAN explained: Before 1984 the community did not believe NSA and its abilities. As a result of the 1984 work on GUNMAN, the stature of NSA in terms of dealing with the embassy security community changed radically. We became the voice to listen to, and I’m very proud of that…
(S) As a result of GUNMAN, NSA gained a stronger reputation as an expert in technical security within the U.S. government. Consequently, NSA was called upon to evaluate facilities and to provide advice to other segments of the government.
However, this story is also relevant to anyone of us. Our computers have numerous unknown processes running at the background, multi-functional printer-scanners and various mobile devices are constantly connected to the Internet. We store and process all kinds of confidential information on these new technologies but hardly realize that they are easily turned into bugs. This doesn't even require the implant of sophisticated hardware any more, as in the GUNMAN case, but only a quick reprogramming of internal software or hidden spyware.
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